Method of making corrugated wire glass



April 25, 1933. A. SHUMAN METHOD OF MAKING CORRUGATED WIRE GLASS Filed June 25. 1930 FIG. 2

sumo SHUMAN, or PHILADELFHIA;PENNSYLVAItiLLiAsSIGNOR T PENNSYLVANIA F vals in the finished sheet. The wire ofthe 0 ing part hereof and in which,

Patented Apr. 25, 1933 vIn the manufactureof corrugated wire 7 glass, the sheet of glass while plastic, or

tween the top and bottom faces of the sheet.

0 leaves E STATES WIRE GLASS COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, .A CORPORATION for NEWJ'ERSEY METHOD or MAKING CORRUGATED WIRE GLASS Application filed June 25, 1930. SerialNo. 163,624

Figure 1 11s a sidelfelevational View with parts. broken away illustrating apparatus suitableforthe practice ofthe inventiom Figure 2is a partial'top' or plan View of the apparatus shown in Figure 1. j

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic and schematic View illustrative of the wounds, cutsor incisionsformed atthe peaks'ofthe corruga more or less plastic from heat, rests upon a lengthwise corrugated table and the wire 0 mesh is embedded through one faceof the sheet to substantially a position midway be- The sheet of wire mesh contains twists 01" knots and When a twist or knot enters the sheet of glass at the peak portion ofa corrugation it inflicts a wound, cut or incision of such size and character that the plastic glass, flowingunder the influence of gravity toward the valleys of the corrugations, the Wound, cut or incision'formed by the entry of the knot or twist into the glass open, and this producesblemishes at interand V 0 6.05?" Figure 4 is a like View showing that the wounds, cuts or incisions have been healed; by pushing the glass upward from the valleys toward the-peaks.

1 is rolled on the lengthwise corrugated table 2.- For this purpose use is made of the leading corrugated roll 3, the wire guide roll .4,the I embedding roll 5 having ribs 6,. the following corrugated roll 7 and the press 8. So far as the present invention is concerned the following roll 7 is the special feature of the mesh being much smaller than the twists or knots does not produce an incision, wound or cut in the glass of size and character that permits or causes the glass to flow 'down-. ward into the valleys to any objectionable apparatus. V extent and therefore does not produce a 16 7 Referring to Figure 3 it frequentlyhapa feet or blemish in the finished sheet. 7 pens that a knot or twist in the wire mesh It is the principal object of the present inenters the sheet 1' at the top or peak of a vention to obviate or prevent in the finished corrugation. Such a knot is indicated at a. sheet of corrugated wire glass blemishes or When. this occurs the wound, cut-or incision defects produced by the entry of knots or c, in the glass, is suchthat glass flowing down twists at the peaks of the corrugations, and y from the top or peak of the corrugation towhich, while comparatively few in numward thevalleys, as indicated at b,tends'to her, are sufficiently numerous to make the widenvor enlarge the cut, wound or, incision. finished sheet of glass imperfect. I According'to my invention the glass, general- Generally stated the invention consists, in ly indicated at b, is pushed upward from the the manufacture of lengthwise corrugated valleys toward the top or peak of the corru 86 wire glass, of the improved step for. healing gation closing the wound,=cut or incision, as 1 the wounds inflicted by embedding the knots indicated at Figure 4, thus producing a per- I fect sheet of glass.

or twists of the wire mesh intothepeaks of i a the corrugations, which step comprises clos- It will be obvious to those skilled in the- 0 ing the wounds by pushing the plastic glass art to which the inventionrelates that modifrom the valleys towards the peaks ofthe corfications maybe made in details of procedure and in matters of mere form without departrugations. This may be done by rolling the I ing from the spirit of the invention which is glass after the embedment of the knots or twists and meshwith a corrugated roll which not limited to such matters or otherwlse than as the prior art and the appended claim may pushes the'glass up from the valleys toward the peaks closing the wounds, cuts or incisions re%uire. V

' claim:

at the peaks. l a e In the following description reference will A process of the manufacture of corrugated Wire glass, comprising the following steps:

be made to the accompanying drawing form- P embedding wire mesh into the fluid tions by the knots or twists of the Wire mesh,

An endwise corrugated sheet of Wireglass 6 5.

I which caues Wounds at the paks of the corrugations ofthe glass; closing the wounds by rolling the glass on a line surface of glass 5 to push, thepla sticglass from the valleys,

'- 5 toward the pe'aksto close the W und s; and j pressingfiheglass to smooth its Surface. 

